Plow-handle



(No Model.)

H. D. SPANGLER.

PLOW HANDLE.-

- No. 311,790. Patented Feb. 3, 1885.

a III- HARRISON D. SPANGLER, OF RUSHVILLE, INDIANA.

PLOW -HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,790, dated February3, 1885.

Application filed May 26, 1884. (No model.)

To all iv/tom [It may colweru:

Be it k nown that I, HARRISON D. sPANGLlfiR, of the town of Rnshville,county of Bush, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Plow-Handles, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my said invention is to pro duce a cheap, efficient, anddurable plowhandle or other handle having a crooked handpiece. Thisobject is dOCOIllDllSllGd by making a cast hand-piece, which extendsdown as far as the handle is crooked, and adapting it, in the mannerhereinafter more particularly described and claimed, to be securelyfitted to the straight part of said handle, which is preferably formedof wood.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof,and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figurel is a perspective view of that portion of a handle which embraces myinvention; Fig. 2, a central longitudinal section through the same, andFig. 3 a transverse sectional View looking toward the right from thedotted line 2 z in Fig. 2.

In said drawings, the portions marked A represent the main handle, and Bthe hand piece. The handle A is in most particulars of an ordinaryformation, and is of a length to extend from the plow up to that pointwhere it is usually bent to form the hand-piece. Its top end istenon-shaped, and is slightly tapered on its top and under sides fromthe shoulders (I. of the tenon to the end, and I leave a short spacebetween the end of the hand-piece and said shoulders a after saidhand-piece has been driven onto said tenon, to allow the two parts to betightened up it the hand-piece should afterward become loose by reasonof shrinkage or wear. The hand piece B is preferably cast from malleableiron; but any other suitable metal may be used, if desired. Its lowerendis formed into a socket, which is adapted to fit onto thetenon-shaped end of the wooden part of the handle. Said socket is anopen-sided socket, its top and bottom parts being flared apart slightlyto fit to the corresponding taper of the tenons. By

reason of having the socket opensided its top and bottom parts areadapted to be sprung either apart or toward each other in putting itonto the tenon, and can thus be more easily fitted and securelyolampedthereto. It is held in position by a bolt, 1), which extends downthrough said socket near its end and the tenon. By this bolt the partsof the socket through which said bolt passes can be drawn very tightlyagainst the end of the handle, and a very secure fastenin g thuseffected. The holes in the socket through which the bolt 1) passes areelongated to allow the hand-piece to be driven onto the handle fartherif it should become loose, and thus tightened without forn1- ing anotherbolt-hole in the tenon. Said handpiece is preferably cast hollow, and isthus made light and cheap. Open spaces along the sides may also beformed, if desired, as shown. By the use of this invention the expenseof forming the hand-pieces on the end of the handles is saved, and adirable and efficient handle is produced.

I am aware that handpieces have heretofore been provided for handles;but I am not aware that any such handpiece has been produced embodyingthe features herein claimed.

Having thus fully described my saidinvention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The combination of aplow-handle, A, having a tapering tenon upon its upper end, and ametallic hand-piece, B, having a tapering socket upon its lower end,adapted to fit over said tapering tenon and elongated boltholes, and thebolt 1), adapted to pass through said tenon and said boltholes andsecure said handle and hand-piece together, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Rnshville,Indiana, this 21st day of May, A. D. 1884.

HARRISON ll. SPANGLER.

In presence of- .Iornv W. STUDY,

SAMUEL TEMPLIN, J. F. Goons.

